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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 175, 13 April 1918, Page 9

! A LIFETIME CAR.

Mr. John W. Bate, the great efficiency engineer, has, in designing the "Mitchell " aimed at a lifetime car. , Two Bate-built Mitchells, still in good condition, have run over 200,000 miles apiece. Seven of them are known to have averaged over 175,000 miles apiece, or mora than 30 years' ordinary service. So far as we know, no other car ever built has approached those endurance records. Those records, however, were made by Mitchell, built under former standards of 50 per cent, over-strength. That was the standard Mr. Bate adopted years ago. It made him, at that time, seem an' extremist. Other engineers argued that in ordinary driving no such margin of safety was necessary. But that.overstrength is. what made Mitchell Cars render their 'marvellous service. But three years ago Mr. Bate spent a year in' Europe. There: he found a standard, amongst foremost engineers, of 100 per cent, over-atrength. ( - That standard was based on European roads. It would not mean 'hat muoh margin here. But it suggested to Mr. Bate the same double strength, based on less favourable conditions.

Since then Mr. Bate has constantly worked to double our margins of safety. He has worn out fifty cars in learning the needed strength. He has invented tests to prove that every vital part has twice the strength required. _ This year, for the first time, we announce that Mitchells in all important parts have 100 per cent, over-strength. That is, they are built to twice the strength standards of the . 'Mitchells which made those records, Over 440 parts are built of toughened steel. All parts whioh'get a major strain are built of Chrome-Vanadium, and built over-size. * ' Axles, gears, steering and driving parts are constantly tested for this double strength. The factory •'.nalyso all steels to ensuro it, and parts are subjected to tremendous factory-tests. Call and' inspect the. latest 5 and 7passenger Models at 1 INGLIS BROS. AND CO., LTD., 2i-26 Harris Street, Wellington—Advt.,

Mr. T. Brindle will deliver an address on "Peace Movements-False and True" in the. Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith Street, on Sunday evening, at 8. for Chronic Chest Complaints, Wood's Great' Pebperoint Cure.*